Erykah Badu tana son a kashe fitilu. Mawaƙiya, furodusa, 'yar wasan kwaikwayo, kuma ƙwararriyar doula ta shigo a hankali cikin wani ɗaki mai zaman kansa a otal din Soho na Landan kuma ta nemi a ɗan canza yanayin: fitilu masu duhu, wurin zama mai laushi. Ruwan 'ya'yan kore ma zai yi kyau.
Kamar yadda ya bayyana, Badu ta yi makon daren jiya da Dave Chappelle, tana zaune tare da mai barkwanci a babban piano tana kunna waƙoƙi har safiya. Tana da ɗan wayo idan ta tuna wannan taron na kwatsam, amma ba za ta yi cikakken bayani game da abin da ya faru ba. A maimakon haka, 'yar shekara 55 ta yi mini murmushi, idanunta a buɗe, haƙoranta na zinariya suna haskaka cikin duhun haske: "Eh," in ji ta a hankali da laushi, kamar wani mayen asiri. "Daren ya yi tsayi..."
Haɗuwa da Badu, a takaice, duk abin da kake fata ne da ƙari. Muna nan don magana game da Before the World Blows: The Abi and Alan Experiment, kundi na haɗin gwiwa tare da shahararren furodusa na ƙarƙashin ƙasa the Alchemist. Shi ne aikin cikakken tsawon farko na Badu tun daga mixtape dinta na 2015 But You Caint Use My Phone, kuma sautinsa mai yawa da yadudduka yana jin kamar zamani, mai ɗanɗanon intanet a kan kundin New Amerykah nata na 2008 da 2010 waɗanda suka ayyana zamaninta.
Yana da ban mamaki, ina ba da shawara, cewa ta ɗauki tsawon haka tsakanin rikodin, musamman ganin yadda take lura da duniyar da ke kewaye da ita. Ta ce wannan shine ainihin batun. "Jinkirtawa da rayuwa, koyo da sauransu – wannan yana ba ka abin da za ka rubuta game da shi," in ji ta. "Yana da muhimmanci a tattara bayanai, in ɗauki gwargwadon abin da zan iya. Ba ni da zaɓi. Amma idan abubuwa suka cika, ina saukar da su ta hanyar rubuta waƙa."
Erykah Badu da Alchemist: Witch Doctor – bidiyo
Badu ta kasance tauraro tun 1997, lokacin da kundin farko nata Baduizm ya gabatar da ita a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan mutane na abin da babban jami'in masana'antar kiɗa Kedar Massenburg ya kira "neo soul," sabon salon kiɗan soul da R&B. A cikin shekarun da suka biyo baya, ƴan rikodin da suka yi ƙarfin hali da wuce iyaka sun sa Badu ta zama ɗaya daga cikin mawaƙan da aka fi girmamawa a duniya. The Alchemist – furodusa na LA Alan Maman – ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin waɗancan magoya bayan farko. A 1997, ya kasance ma'aikacin hanya na Cypress Hill, waɗanda ke jagorantar yawon shakatawa na Smokin' Grooves tare da Badu. "Na kasance babban mai son ta – na kan fita cikin taron in kalli shirinta kowane dare," in ji shi daga baya ta waya. "Ban taɓa tunanin cewa a cikin shekaru miliyan zan taɓa yin kiɗa da ita ba."
Tun daga nan, Maman ya samar da waƙoƙi da yawa masu nasara, ciki har da waƙar Mobb Deep ta 1999 "The Realest," kuma ya sami farfaɗowar sana'a a kwanan nan ta hanyar haɗin gwiwa tare da masu rapper na ƙarƙashin ƙasa kamar duos Armand Hammer da Mike & Wiki. Shekaru kaɗan da suka wuce, yayin da yake DJing wani biki, ya haɗu da wani tsohon aboki mai suna Cold Cris, wanda ya faru yana aiki da Badu, kuma ya gaya masa cewa yin aiki da ita yana cikin jerin abubuwan da yake so ya yi. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, ya sami kiran cewa Badu tana sha'awar gwada beats ɗinsa. Ta zo studi ɗinsa a LA, kuma ma'auratan, in ji shi, "nan take suka zama abokai, suka gane yadda muke da kamanceceniya da yawa, a yadda muke ƙirƙira, yadda muke tunani."
Duba hoto a cikakken allo
'Ƙirƙirarsa kamar kiɗan gargajiya ce a gare ni' ... Badu da Alchemist. Hoton: Adraint Bereal
"Ƙirƙirarsa kamar kiɗan gargajiya ce a gare ni – yadda yake haɗa chimes, muryoyi, strings, da ƙaho," in ji Badu. "Tsarinmu ɗaya ne. Yadda muke ginawa ɗaya ne. Ban san menene ainihin ba, amma wuta ce mai kyau da ƙawata. Ina samun sanyi idan na ji kiɗansa."
An haifi Badu a Dallas, Texas. Mahaifiyarta 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ce; kawunta mai tattara rikodin ne mai sha'awar; kuma kakarta ta saya mata piano ta farko. Har yanzu tana tunawa da zane na farko da ta taɓa yi, a aji na fasaha na makarantar firamare: wani sassaka na jirgin sama da aka yi daga safar hannu na roba, wanda ta kira Lady Luna 2. Ta halarci makarantar sakandare ta fasaha a Dallas, ta kasance "mutum na farko a makaranta kuma na ƙarshe da ya bar," kuma tana ciyar da sa'o'i tana rawa.
Laraba. Ba ni da lokaci don haka yanzu': tauraron alt-pop Steve Lacy kan gwagwarmayarsa bayan babbar waƙar Bad Habit
Karanta ƙarin
Kowa yana son Steve Lacy kuma. Shekaru kaɗan da suka wuce, Badu ta kawo 'ya'yanta mata don ganin yana yin wasa a Dallas, kuma a wannan shekara, sun bayyana a kundin juna. "Muna da abubuwa da muke haɗuwa, kuma da farko muna aika wa juna memes. Haka kake sanin ko kana da alaƙa da wani – kuna raba irin salon ban dariya," in ji ta. "Idan ba ku da irin salon ban dariya, wataƙila ba ku da irin ɗanɗanon kiɗa kuma."
Before the World Blows ya haɗa da wani interlude na Jay Electronica, mawaƙin rapper da ba a sani ba wanda ta yi soyayya da shi na shekaru kuma shine mahaifin ɗanta Mars. Badu ta kan kasance kusa da tsoffin masoyanta – André 3000 ya ba da gudummawar waƙar baƙo mai ban mamaki da ba kasafai ba a But You Caint Use My Phone – don haka na tambaye ta ko tana da wata shawara don kiyaye alaƙa da tsoffin abokan hulɗa. "Dole ne ka tsotsa da ƙarfi. Shi ke nan," in ji ta, tana fashewa da dariya, muryarta ta tashi sama da raɗaɗi a karon farko a cikin tattaunawarmu. "Abokaina ne da farko, kuma ina ganin hakan yana da bambanci. Ka kalli wannan ya zama babban labari – Erykah tana zama abokai da tsoffin masoyanta saboda tana tsotsa da ƙarfi!"
Lokacinmu ya ƙare. Badu ta ɗaga ƙafafunta a hankali daga kujera ta miƙe. Ta matso gare ni, ta karkata, ta duba cikin idanuna sosai. Na ɗan tsorata cewa za ta iya faɗi wani abu mai ban mamaki – kamar lokaci da wurin mutuwata, ko cewa ni mai tambayoyi mara kyau ne – amma a maimakon haka, kawai ta yi gunaguni, "Kina da kyau sosai!" Kafin in ma iya amsawa, ta tafi. Before the World Blows yana nan yanzu a Control Freaq/Young.
Tambayoyin da Aka Yi Yawa
Ga jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa bisa labarin game da Erykah Badu wanda ya rufe sabon kundinta falsafarta da aikinta na doula
Gabaɗaya Kundin
1 Jira Erykah Badu tana da sabon kundi Yaushe hakan ya faru
Ee Ta fitar da kundin studi na farko a cikin shekaru 11 Komawa ce ga tushenta amma kuma tunani ne na halin da take ciki yanzu Taken labarin Ni jirgi ne mai canzawa koyaushe babbar alama ce ga jigon kundin
2 Menene sunan kundin
Labarin ya fi mayar da hankali kan tunaninta da jigogin kundin maimakon sunan kansa Babban abin da za a ɗauka shi ne cewa kundin yana game da rungumar canji da ƙin sanya mutum a cikin akwati a fannin kiɗa da na mutumci
3 Me yasa ya ɗauki shekaru 11 kafin ta fitar da sabon kundi
Ba ta zauna ba tana yin komai Tana rayuwa tana renon 'ya'yanta tana mai da hankali kan aikinta na doula Ta ce tana buƙatar rayuwa da fuskantar abubuwa don samun sabon abin da za ta rubuta Kundin ya zo lokacin da ta shirya ba bisa jadawalin kamfanin rikodin ba
4 Yaya kundin yake sauti
Classic Erykah Badu ne – soulful jazzy da hip-hop tasiri – amma ya samo asali Yana haɗa sautin neo-soul nata na musamman da sabbin laushi da ra'ayoyi wanda ke nuna girma nata na mutumci Yana jin kamar tattaunawa da baya yanzu da kuma gaba
Ƙin Lakabi Falsafa
5 Menene ƙin lakabi yake nufi a cikin wannan labarin
Yana nufin Erykah Badu ta ƙi a sanya ta a matsayin mawaƙiya kawai 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ko mai fafutuka Tana ganin kanta a matsayin mutum mai canzawa Ba ta son a makale ta a cikin wani hali ko da ita ce Sarauniyar Neo-Soul ko wani abu Ita ce duk abin da take a wannan lokacin
6 Menene take nufi da Ni jirgi ne mai canzawa koyaushe
Falsafarta ce ta asali Tana ganin kanta a matsayin kwantena ko tashar da ake cika ta da sabbin abubuwa ra'ayoyi da kuzari koyaushe Ba ta riƙe wani tsayayyen sigar kanta ba tana ba da damar kanta ta samo asali da canzawa
7 Yaya wannan falsafar take shafar kiɗanta
